Where does “facia” come from?
facia (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin facies, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
facia (Vulgar Latin): appearance; countenance; face
Definitions
- appearance; countenance; face
Ancestry of “facia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | facies | shape, figure; face, countenance, visage;... |
| 2 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
Words derived from “facia”